Police arrest 9th suspect at grandma's house in Bayonne beating that left man in coma

The Jersey Journal22-year-old Dawid Strucinski, who has been in a coma since July 3 following a savage beating by a group of teenagers, opened his eyes briefly on Monday, his father said.

A 15-year-old Bayonne boy who has been hiding out at his grandmother's house in Newark was arrested yesterday morning on charges of being part of the teen mob that inflicted a savage beating that left Dawid Strucinski of Bayonne in a coma, today's Journal reports.

Police say they arrested the boy at 5:49 a.m. and charged him with aggravated assault, rioting, and endangering an injured victims. The boy's grandmother was not at the residence when the boy was apprehended, police say.

Strucinski, 22, was attacked around 3 a.m. July 3 by nine males and four girls at 14th Street and Broadway after he tried to help a friend who was being harassed by the mob, police said. So far, two girls (ages 14 and 17), three 16-year-old boys, three 15-year-old boys, and 18-year-old Derrick Hilton have also been arrested in connection with the incident.